Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0003573
E S JOSLIN POWER STATION, Point Comfort, TX: NPDES TX0003573 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
E S JOSLIN POWER STATION, held by CALHOUN PORT AUTHORITY, holds NPDES permit TX0003573, which discharges to Cox Bay. EPA’s file records it issued February 11, 2020 and expiring February 11, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | E S JOSLIN POWER STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CALHOUN PORT AUTHORITY |
| NPDES ID | TX0003573 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 11, 2020 |
| Expiration date | February 11, 2025 |
| Address | Point Comfort, TX 77978 |
| Receiving water | COX BAY |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Cox Creek (HUC 121004010100) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler TXD070479688; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004805700005 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 27Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 0With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 6 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Menidia menidia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TX0003573.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0003573.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.